Drew
[druː] or [dru]
Definition
(noun.) United States actor (born in Ireland); father of Georgiana Emma Barrymore (1827-1862).
Edited by Greg--From WordNet
Definition
(imp.) of Draw
(imp.) of Draw.
Typist: Pearl
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Concoct, compound, mix, hatch, prepare, season, threaten, impend, increase,collect, form, gather, grow
ANT:Pass, disperse, break, spoil, miscompound, mar
Typist: Richard
Examples
- As he drew near his door, Ponsonby pressed me close to his heart. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Altogether, ours was a lively and a picturesque procession, and drew crowded audiences to the balconies wherever we went. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Miss Kate and Mr. Brooke, Meg, and Ned declined, but Fred, Sallie, Jo, and Laurie piled and drew, and the lot fell to Laurie. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He sat down, a little disconcerted by my presence, I thought, and without looking at me, drew his heavy sunburnt hand across and across his upper lip. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- As I drew her down into her chair, I was conscious of a scent that I knew, and turning, saw my guardian in the room. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- She drew in her breath sharply as one whose doubts are resolved. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- He talked of Geneva, which I should soon visit--of Elizabeth, and Ernest; but these words only drew deep groans from me. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- In 1749 he drew up proposals relating to the education of youth in Pennsylvania, which led, two years later, to the esta blishment of the first American Academy. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- I drew up all the instructions for the contemplated move, and kept them in my pocket until I should hear of the junction of our troops at Jackson. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Riviere bowed and drew back a step. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- Instead of letting go he drew her closer to him. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He drew my hand through his arm and we went away to look for Ada. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- He knew with the first breath he drew that the snow had been only a freak storm in the mountains and it would be gone by noon. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Page in accordance with his subsequent patent of 1854, drew a train of cars from Washington to Bladensburg at a rate of nineteen miles an hour. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- How could he refuse to answer when he had volunteered what drew forth the question? George Eliot. Middlemarch.
Edited by Lilian